Foraminifera taxon details
Globorotalia minima Akers, 1955 †
1636903 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1636903)
accepted
Species
Globorotalia canariensis var. minima Akers, 1955 † · unaccepted > superseded combination (Opinion of Gibson (1983))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Globorotalia canariensis var. minima Akers, 1955 †) Akers, W. H. (1955). Some planktonic foraminifers of the American gulf coast and suggested correlations with the Caribbean Tertiary. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 29(4): 647-664.
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Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Globorotalia minima Akers, 1955 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1636903 on 2026-07-14
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(of Globorotalia canariensis var. minima Akers, 1955 †) Akers, W. H. (1955). Some planktonic foraminifers of the American gulf coast and suggested correlations with the Caribbean Tertiary. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 29(4): 647-664.
page(s): p. 659 pl. 65, Fig. 3a-d [details] Available for editors
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new combination reference Gibson, T. G. (1983). Key foraminifera from upper Oligocene to lower Pleistocene strata of the central Atlantic Coastal Plain. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology.</em> 53: 354–453., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58214335, https://hdl.handle.net/10088/117177
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page(s): p. 659 pl. 65, Fig. 3a-d [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Gibson, T. G. (1983). Key foraminifera from upper Oligocene to lower Pleistocene strata of the central Atlantic Coastal Plain. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology.</em> 53: 354–453., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58214335, https://hdl.handle.net/10088/117177
page(s): p. 372 pl. 6 figs. 14-16 [details] Available for editors